Bible Names

Aram: meaning of the name

Aram means “highness, magnificence, one that deceives; curse.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Aram in Hebrew and Greek

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Arám — Aram (i.e. Ram), an Israelite

of Hebrew origin (H07410);

People named Aram in the Bible

Places named Aram

Aram in Scripture

“Aram” appears in 11 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 10:22

    The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

  • Genesis 10:23

    And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

  • Genesis 22:21

    Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

  • Numbers 23:7

    And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:17

    The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:23

    And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

  • 1 Chronicles 7:34

    And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.

  • Psalms 60:1

    To the chief Musician upon Shushan–eduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram–naharaim and with Aram–zobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.